Name: Sulfitobacter algicola Wang et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi’co.la. L. fem. n. alga, seaweed, alga; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. algicola, alga-dweller

Pronunciation, gender: al-GI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: 1 151; KCTC 72513; MCCC 1H00384

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16S rRNA gene: MN508060 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wang CN, Liu Y, Wang J, Du ZJ, Wang MY. Sulfitobacter algicola sp. nov., isolated from green algae. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:2351-2356.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 206. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5422.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Parasulfitobacter algicola (Wang et al. 2022) Xu et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Parasulfitobacter algicola (Wang et al. 2022) Xu et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • ❗ Sulfitobacter algicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sulfitobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sulfitobacter Sorokin 1996

Assigned by: Wang CN, Liu Y, Wang J, Du ZJ, Wang MY. Sulfitobacter algicola sp. nov., isolated from green algae. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:2351-2356.

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Record number: 29570